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The project aims to explore the representation of medical binaries in Shakespeare's plays, highlighting themes of corruption and disease.

June 14, 2026Open Access

Corrupted Bodies, Contagious Environments: Shakespeare’s Theatre of Medicine and the Breakdown of Early Modern Binary Thinking

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This project traces medical binary thinking in Shakespeare's plays, suggesting a complex understanding of nature.

The project aims to explore the representation of medical binaries in Shakespeare's plays, highlighting themes of corruption and disease.
Analyzed four Shakespearean plays: Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, Henry IV Part I, and Henry IV Part II.
Incorporated medico-religious, medico-environmental, and medico-theatrical perspectives.
Examined how early modern thinkers reconciled oppositional binaries.
Identified prominent themes of corruption and contagion in the selected plays.
Demonstrated the complexity of natural understandings beyond simple dichotomies in early modern thought.

William John McClintick (2026) studied this question.

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